Pakistan defeated the first match of the five-match ODI series by five wickets on Thursday, with this victory PAK also made a big record.
This was Pakistan's 500th win in ODIs, becoming the third team to do so after Australia and India.

Pakistan has played 949 ODIs so far, in which they have won 500 matches, Australia has won 594 ODIs and India has won 539 ODIs. Pakistan started playing ODIs in 1973 and won their first match against England in 1974 at Nottingham. Was

Talking about the match, batting first after losing the toss, New Zealand scored 288 runs losing seven wickets in 50 overs, Daryl Mitchell scored 113 runs and Will Young scored 86 runs. In reply, Pakistan achieved the target by losing five wickets in 48.3 overs, Fakhar Zaman scored 117 runs, Imam-ul-Haq scored 60 runs, Babar Azam scored 49 runs and Rizwan scored 42 runs.

(PC freepik)